Domfessel

Identity

Domfessel (INSEE 67099) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 273 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/67099-domfessel

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,545 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU CHATEAU D EAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 323 (2012) → 273 (2023): -15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 273 (2023): -2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 2.2 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vœllerdingen): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vœllerdingen): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Diemeringen): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sarre-Union): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Domfessel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 7.6 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[12]

The village sits 114 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BERG, 7.6 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 114 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BERG, 7.6 km away at 350 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67099/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67099/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67099/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67099/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67508
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67095
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67434
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67099
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024